Awards 2017

September 25, 2017 — The 6th edition of the on-line Brasov International Film Festival & Market, the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world, came to an end last night. The Jury, presided by film producer Elio Dell’Unto, has awarded 13 movies out of a total of 30 selected films from 20 countries.

Daria Trifu and Bruno Pischiutta announced today the 2017 prize-winners:

Best Docudrama
A CAFE IN THE SKY (Hungary)
Produced by Scott Alexander Young

Best Videomusic
NEVER STOP (UK)
Produced by Josephine Halbert

Best Original Subject in the Short Film Category
Toma Waszarow and Viktor Dessov for RED LIGHT (Bulgaria)

Best Screenplay in the Short Film Category
Dania Bdeir for IN WHITE (USA, Lebanon)

Best Cinematography in the Short Film Category
Argo Baroyan for THE SIMON’S WAY (Armenia)

Best Director in the Short Film Category
Chris Moraitis for PET (Greece)

Best Film in the Short Film Category
COCOON (China)
Produced by Xu Zhang

Best Documentary in the Short Documentary Category
EQUILIBRIUM OF DIVING (Bulgaria)
Produced by Alexandros Barpayianis

Best Historical Documentary in the Feature Documentary Category
MOKUM ALEPH (Netherlands)
Produced by Flip Nagler

Best Director in the Feature Documentary Category
Isaac Hertz for ONE ROCK THREE RELIGIONS (USA)

Best Documentary in the Feature Documentary Category
PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE: THE STORY OF S. BRIAN WILLSON (USA)
Produced by Bo Boudart

Best Cinematography in the Feature Film Category
Inván Wilde for IGUAQUE SONG (Colombia)

Best Film in the Feature Film Category
KUPAL (Iran)
Produced by Kazem Mollaie

Watch the Awards’ presentation here:

The Festival’s organizers thank it’s sponsors: Omilos – Cafe, Bar & Restaurant, Biocool, Global Touch TV and Jet Capsule.

Special thanks go to the Festival’s partners: Global Film Studio, the owner and organizer of the event, Toronto Pictures, Daria! magazine, InkTip, iPitch.tv, The Film Festival Doctor and Spanish Public Media – Chicago. The organizers also thank the Festival’s submission platforms: FilmFreeway, Withoutabox, FestHome, Film Festival Life and Click for Festivals.

The 7th edition of the on-line Brasov Int’l Film Festival will take place between September 20 and 30, 2018 on it’s TV Channel: HERE

For an in depth look at the films that have participated in the 2017 edition of the Festival, read the current issue of Daria! magazine:

Day 11 – September 24

September 24, 2017 — Brasov International Film Festival & Market today presents the feature documentary PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE: THE STORY OF S. BRIAN WILLSON from the USA directed and produced by Bo Boudart.

Watch the film’s video presentation on our TV Channel here:

The online Festival, the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world, presents 29 feature films, documentaries and shorts from 20 countries. For 11 days, the viewers can watch any of the selected movies, at the time of their choosing, on Global Film Studio’s TV Channel.

On this Channel, there are also daily video commentaries presented by film director Bruno Pischiutta, Festival’s Artistic Consultant, and film producer Daria Trifu, Festival’s Director. The presentations are available, for free, one every day.

The annual art, entertainment and business magazine, DARIA!, has been published. In this issue, there are many articles about the films that are showcased at this year’s Festival between September 14 and 24.

DARIA! magazine can be read here:

Day 10 – September 23

September 23, 2017 — Brasov International Film Festival & Market today presents the feature documentary TEN YEARS OF LOVE from Slovakia, directed by Adam Hanuljak.

Watch the film’s video presentation on our TV Channel here:

The online Festival, the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world, presents 29 feature films, documentaries and shorts from 20 countries. For 11 days, the viewers can watch any of the selected movies, at the time of their choosing, on Global Film Studio’s TV Channel.

In this Channel, there are also daily video commentaries presented by film director Bruno Pischiutta, Festival’s Artistic Consultant, and film producer Daria Trifu, Festival’s Director. The presentations are available, for free, one every day.

The annual art, entertainment and business magazine, DARIA!, has been published. In this issue, there are many articles about the films that are showcased at this year’s Festival between September 14 and 24.

DARIA! magazine can be read here:

 

Day 9 – September 22

September 22, 2017 — Brasov International Film Festival & Market today presents the following four films:

• NEVER STOP from the U.K., directed by Josephine Halbert;
• WHITE HOUSE from Iran, directed by Arastoo Mafakheri;
• MOKUM ALEPH from Netherlands, directed by Berenike Rozgonyi; and
• RED LIGHT from Bulgaria, directed by Toma Waszarow.

Watch the films’ video presentation on our TV Channel here:

The online Festival, the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world, presents 29 feature films, documentaries and shorts from 20 countries. For 11 days, the viewers can watch any of the selected movies, at the time of their choosing, on Global Film Studio’s TV Channel.

In this Channel, there are also daily video commentaries presented by film director Bruno Pischiutta, Festival’s Artistic Consultant, and film producer Daria Trifu, Festival’s Director. The presentations are available, for free, one every day.

The annual art, entertainment and business magazine, DARIA!, has been published. In this issue, there are many articles about the films that are showcased at this year’s Festival between September 14 and 24.

DARIA! magazine can be read here:


 

Day 8 – September 21

September 21, 2017 — Brasov International Film Festival & Market today presents the following five films:

• THE SECRET LOVE LIFE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I from the USA directed by Shihyun Wang;
• BLIND AMBITION from the USA, directed by Shihyun Wang;
• RUNNING from the USA, directed by Lorena De Miranda Marques;
• MARTIEN from Switzerland, directed by Maxime Pillonel; and
• RITUALS from Germany, directed by Irina Arms.

Watch the films’ video presentation on our TV Channel here:

The online Festival, the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world, presents 29 feature films, documentaries and shorts from 20 countries. For 11 days, the viewers can watch any of the selected movies, at the time of their choosing, on Global Film Studio’s TV Channel.

In this Channel, there are also daily video commentaries presented by film director Bruno Pischiutta, Festival’s Artistic Consultant, and film producer Daria Trifu, Festival’s Director. The presentations are available, for free, one every day.

The annual art, entertainment and business magazine, DARIA!, has been published. In this issue, there are many articles about the films that are showcased at this year’s Festival between September 14 and 24.

DARIA! magazine can be read here:


 

Day 3 – September 16

September 16, 2017 — Brasov International Film Festival & Market today presents the following four films:

PET, a 2017 Oscar qualifying film from Greece, directed by Chris Moraitis;
MARY MOTHER from Afghanistan, directed by Sadam Wahidi;
FATHER from Colombia, directed by Alberto Serrano;
IN WHITE, a USA/Lebanon coproduction directed by Dania Bdeir.

Watch the films’ video presentation on our TV Channel here:

Day 3 – Video Presentation

The online Festival, the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world, presents 29 feature films, documentaries and shorts from 20 countries. For 11 days, the viewers can watch any of the selected movies, at the time of their choosing, on Global Film Studio’s TV Channel here:
http://www.vimeo.com/ondemand/BrasovFilmFestival

In this Channel, there are also daily video commentaries presented by film director Bruno Pischiutta, Festival’s Artistic Consultant, and film producer Daria Trifu, Festival’s Director. The presentations are available, for free, one every day.

The annual art, entertainment and business magazine, DARIA!, has been published. In this issue, there are many articles about the films that are showcased at this year’s Festival between September 14 and 24.

DARIA! magazine can be read here:
https://issuu.com/dariamagazine/docs/daria_2017

Contact:
http://www.brasovfilmfestival.com
info@brasovfilmfestival.com

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OFFICIAL LINEUP & SCHEDULE 2017

August 30, 2017 — Hollywood, California — This year’s lineup of Brasov Int’l Film Festival & Market, the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world, has been announced.

The festival takes place 14 – 24 September and all films will be screened on the Festival’s Vimeo On Demand channel exclusively:

Brasov Int’l Film Festival – Vimeo Channel

Thirty films have been selected from twenty countries. There are feature and short films and documentaries and one docudrama. Here is the Official Lineup and the Schedule:

DAY 1 – Thursday, September 14

IGUAQUE SONG
Feature Film – 87 Min. – Colombia
Directed by Juan Manuel Benavides Fajardo

DAY 2 – Friday, September 15

ONE ROCK THREE RELIGIONS
Feature Documentary – 84 Min. – USA
Directed by Isaac Hertz

DAY 3 – Saturday, September 16

PET (An Oscar Qualifying Film 2017)
Short Film – 11 Min. – Greece
Directed by Chris Moraitis

MARY MOTHER
Short Film – 19 Min. – Afghanistan
Directed by Sadam Wahidi

FATHER
Short Film – 13 Min. – Colombia
Directed by Alberto Serrano

IN WHITE
Short Film – 15 Min. – USA
Directed by Dania Bdeir

DAY 4 – Sunday, September 17

KUPAL
Feature Film – 81 Min. – Iran
Directed by Kazem Mollaie

EQUILIBRIUM OF DIVING
Short Documentary – 5 Min. – Bulgaria, Croatia
Directed by Alexandros Barpayianis

DAY 5 – Monday, September 18

JOHNNY ON THE MOON
Short Film – 30 Min. – Canada
Directed by Eva Everett Irving

COCOON
Short Film – 25 Min. – China
Directed by Mei Liying

A BROKEN EGG
Short Film – 7 Min. – USA
Directed by Tushar Tyagi

DAY 6 – Tuesday, September 19

CONGRATULATIONS
Short Film – 21 Min. – Lebanon
Directed by Cynthia Sawma

SUBTERRANEAN LOVE
Short Film – 19 Min. – USA
Directed by Robert Haufrecht

BROTHER (HERMANO)
Short Film – 19 Min. – Mexico
Directed by David Zonana

ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
Short Film – 15 Min. – USA
Directed by Felix Burgan

DAY 7 – Wednesday, September 20

A CAFE IN THE SKY
Docudrama – 21 Min. – Hungary
Directed by Scott Alexander Young

THE SIMON’S WAY
Short Film – 30 Min. – Armenia
Directed by Edgar Baghdasaryan

THE JACKSTONES
Short Documentary – 7 Min. – Canada, Philippines
Directed by Tim Riedel

DAY 8 – Thursday, September 21

THE SECRET LOVE LIFE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I
Short Documentary – 14 Min. – USA
Directed by Shihyun Wang

BLIND AMBITION
Short Documentary – 16 Min. – USA
Directed by Shihyun Wang

RUNNING
Short Documentary – 30 Min. – USA
Directed by Lorena De Miranda Marques

MARTIEN
Short Film – 9 Min. – Switzerland
Directed by Maxime Pillonel

RITUALS
Short Documentary – 15 Min. – Germany
Directed by Irina Arms

DAY 9 – Friday, September 22

NEVER STOP
Short Film / Music Video – 4 Min. – U.K.
Directed by Josephine Halbert

WHITE HOUSE
Short Film – 20 Min. – Iran
Directed by Arastoo Mafakheri

MOKUM ALEPH
Feature Documentary – 40 MIN. – Netherlands
Directed by Berenike Rozgonyi

RED LIGHT
Short Film – 21 Min. – Bulgaria
Directed by Toma Waszarow

DAY 10 – Saturday, September 23

TEN YEARS OF LOVE
Feature Documentary – 96 Min. – Slovakia
Directed by Adam Hanuljak

HE SAID “MOMMY”
Short Film – 17 Min. – Russia, Georgia
Directed by Arsen Agadjanyan

DAY 11 – Sunday, September 24

PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE: THE STORY OF S. BRIAN WILLSON
Feature Documentary – 98 Min. – USA
Directed by Bo Boudart

Visit the Festival’s Vimeo On Demand Channel to watch the trailers and read details about each one of the films: HERE

The full versions of the films and documentaries will become available on the Festival’s Vimeo On Demand Channel beginning on September 14 and until September 24.

The organizers of Brasov Int’l Film Festival like to thank it’s partners: Global Film Studio, Toronto Pictures, Daria! magazine, InkTip, iPitch.tv, The Film Festival Doctor and Spanish Public Media from Chicago.

Daria! magazine will be published on September 6 and it will feature articles about the films and interviews with some of the filmmakers. Daria! will be available HERE.

Brasov Int’l Film Festival: The new way to showcase nonviolent movies

Brasov Int’l Film Festival & Market was founded in 2012. It is the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world; it was created by film director Bruno Pischiutta, who serves as its Artistic Consultant, and film producer Daria Trifu, who continues to organize the annual event and is the Festival Director.

“If you visit a film market place (e.g.: The Cannes Film Market) and you look at the posters of the films that can be purchased you will be surprised by the amount of violence and graphic sexuality that is portrait on most of the posters. This happens because many producers wrongly believe that sex and violence are commercial elements that are necessary in successful films. This belief generates a negative competition, i.e., films try to be the most violent, the most sexual in the market.

Family films (e.g.: Disney’s films) have always been the most successful at the box-office. If it is true that a share of the market in the USA and, in general, in the Western world love to see sequences of violence and graphic sexuality, it is also true that many adults in North-America and in Europe are sick and tired of these elements being present in most of the films and desire an approach based on different, more deep themes. A big share of the viewers in the Western world simply do not go to cinema anymore because they are tired to always see the same things. If this is true in the Western world, it is 100 times more actual in China, India, Bangladesh and many other Asian, Middle Eastern and African countries. In most of those countries violent and graphically explicit sexual films will never be screened because they are against the local law and/or religion.

This introduction is important in order to understand the unique niche of our festival and of our company. Global Film Studio, the owner and financier of Brasov Int’l Film Festival, remains faithful to its commitment of choosing to invest in nonviolent and ethical media related ventures that provoke thought and address topical issues of our time.” – Film Director Bruno Pischiutta

In 2016, the founders made film and internet history by bringing the festival on-line exclusively, and allowing, for the first time, the world viewers to enjoy all the selected films from the comfort of their homes.

The 6th edition of the festival takes place this year from September 14 to 24 on Global Film Studio’s Vimeo on-demand channel.

These are the two posters of the 2017 edition.

Brasov Int’l Film Festival & Market, Official Poster 2017, Version #1

Brasov Int’l Film Festival & Market, Official Poster 2017, Version #2

The festival presents works in competition. A selection committee chooses, among all submissions, the feature films, the documentaries and the shorts. The awards are announced on the last night of the festival and they are listed on the IMDB.

Studio films are often screened, however Brasov Film Festival especially encourages the participation of independent works; the selection committee gives priority to the artistic quality of the products and to newcomers.

Over the years, some of the filmmakers awarded include: Nicole Kidman, Woody Allen, Richard Gere, Keira Knightley, Robert Redford, Sarah Jessica Parker, Woody Harrelson and Cameron Diaz. Some of the independent films that have been awarded at Brasov International Film Festival have gained access to theatrical releases and have competed for Academy Awards® nomination consideration.

DARIA MAGAZINE

In addition to the festival’s own promotional tools which are already extensive, Brasov Film Festival offers added exposure to the participating films and filmmakers by featuring them in Daria!, an art, entertainment & business magazine founded in 2005. The annual magazine is published in August and it is available online. Some of the previous issues may be read here: Daria!

The look of Daria! combines that of Vanity Fair and of National Geographic. Most of what is published in Daria!, could not be read anywhere else. The aim of Daria! is to influence the opinion of those who have power and desire to change the world for the better, by engaging them on the topics, the people and the films featured on its pages.

The print version of Daria! has been distributed at high class events, luxury clubs, hotels and film festivals worldwide. It was handed-out during private events in Monte Carlo (Jockey Club – The Fairmont Hotel), in New York City (The Friars Club), in Montreal (International Film Festival), in Los Angeles (The Fairmont Hotel during The American Film Market), in Brasov, in Last Vegas, in Cannes (Cannes Film Festival) and more. It is also mailed to top film executives and journalists around the world.

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING & PARTNERS

The Festival has its own marketing and promotional reach of +20,000 film and media executives on a yearly bases through direct e-mail campaigns, newsletters as well as through its film submission platforms.

Aside from its direct marketing, the Festival is partner with Toronto Pictures (+100,000 followers on Twitter @TorPix), iPitchTV (members include: Discovery Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment Television, New Line Cinema, Warner Brothers, Echo Lake Entertainment, Relativity Television, CBS and +9,000 newsletter subscribers), InkTip (+58,000 newsletter subscribers) and Daria! magazine, that help to promote the event on an ongoing basis.

The festival, in partnership with the Matthew Martino Benevolent Fund is also presenting the MMBF Rising Star Award to an emerging filmmaker each year since 2015.

“We promote the participating films on an ongoing basis via our own social media outreach and our partners. We offer the maximum exposure to the films and filmmakers year-long because we don’t just advertise and promote the films during the 11 day duration of the festival but we continue to screen the trailers on our on-line channel also after the event ends, plus we promote the yearly Daria! magazine for twelve consecutive months.

We also encourage the filmmakers to take personal action and use the tools we offer. We suggest that they share, throughout their social media platforms, the article about their film from Daria! magazine as well as that they invite the people from their own communities to our festival’s Vimeo channel. When we choose to offer a distribution proposal to a film, we take into consideration its popularity and the number of views it received on our channel.” – says Ms. Trifu

SUBMITTING A FILM

The Festival accepts features, documentaries, shorts and animation films. The Submission deadline is August 11, 2017. Filmmakers may submit their movies via:

FilmFreeway
Withoutabox
FestHome
Click For Festivals
Film Festival Life

SPONSORS

Brasov Int’l Film Festival & Market is the perfect platform to market and advertise a Brand to selected consumers! Previous sponsors include Procter & Gamble and Staropramen.

Becoming a sponsor of this Festival is a unique chance to:

▪ Expand the Branding of a product and/or services to new markets internationally;
▪ Market a product/services directly to the top film & media executives;
▪ Associate a Brand with nonviolent & socially conscious filmmaking;
▪ Support nonviolent filmmaking.

This year the Festival offers five different sponsorship packages at very low promotional prices.

GLOBAL FILM STUDIO’S MISSION STATEMENT

“We want that the rights of women and children are respected. We want to fight intellectual pollution, stupidity, racism and discrimination. We want to show that nonviolent films can be commercially viable and can contribute to achieving a better world. We want to win the fight against ignorance and bigotry. We want to use the art of film as a weapon in order to improve the viewers’ lifestyle.

Our CAUSE is driven by high ideals and it is more important than any one of us.”

Contact:
http://www.brasovfilmfestival.com
info@brasovfilmfestival.com
USA Tel: +1-646-300-9232

Brasov Int’l Film Festival Introduces InkTip

This year, Brasov International Film Festival & Market (14 – 24 September 2017) has partnered with InkTip to further promote the Festival to a wider audience in the film industry.

InkTip: Where producers go for scripts and writers. Producers have made more than 315 films from scripts and writers they found through InkTip. Every week producers option or buy an average of 5 more scripts from InkTip writers. Find scripts in every genre and every budget fast.

Producers Register Now (it’s free!): Find scripts fast and easy!

Writers Register Now & List Your Scripts: Sell your scripts!

Companies who are InkTip members include: ABC, Anonymous Content, APA, CBS Films, HBO Films, ICM, Paradigm, Paramount Pictures, Hallmark Channel, FX, Universal, WME, Echo Lake, Zero Gravity, Bad Robot, 20th Century Fox, and many more.

Selected winners at the Brasov International Film Festival & Market will receive an InkTip Script Listing to promote themselves and their scripts to InkTip’s entire network of producers, managers, and agents.

Don’t miss your chance to submit your film to Brasov Int’l Film Festival, the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world.

Submit your film via:

FilmFreeway
Withoutabox
FestHome
Film Festival Life

Contact: info@brasovfilmfestival.com
http://www.brasovfilmfestival.com

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2016 Retrospective: Winning Filmmakers with Theirs Trophies

The 2016 edition of Brasov International Film Festival & Market was a great success. 

We screened three feature films, five feature documentaries, ten short films, two short documentaries and one short animation film coming from 17 different countries. Here is the complete 2016 Lineup. Here is the Award Winner’s list.

Here are some photos and messages from the winning filmmakers who received their Trophies.

A message from Adam Miklós and the production team of THE LEGACY OF MENLA documentary:

“WE RECEIVED OUR TROPHY FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FROM BRASOV IFF
The Legacy of Menla won the Best Documentary award at Brasov International Film Festival last year in September.

We just received this beautiful looking trophy a few weeks ago so we went to our partner company FocusFox Studio to take a group picture. These wonderful people on the picture played a mayor part in our lives in the last three-four years since we were introduced to them thanks to Andras Toth and Denes Szekeres from Tivoli Films.”

Best Feature Documentary: THE LEGACY OF MENLA

A message from Anna Cooley:

“Our ‘Best Documentary Film’ trophy arrived! Thank you Daria Trifu and the Brasov International film Festival & Market!

It was a pleasure working with Daria and the people at the Brasov International Film Festival. The online format through Vimeo worked very well and I was thrilled to have my film honoured with an award.”

A message from Mehmet Tigli:

“I am honored to be a winner of Brasov International Film Festival!”